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I am the President and CEO of Urbanology Systems a Multicultural Marketing/Strategic Management Company. I serve on the executive board of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and a co-founder of Harlem Week the largest cultural/economic development festival in America see www.harlemdiscover.com.I now serve as president of the Harlem Tourism Board www.goharlem.org. I have studied the martial arts for most of my life, I have a six degree black belt in GoJu Karate,www.harlemgojuassociation.org and was the first African American master trained in the mountains of Korea in the ancient Taoist healing/stress management ki Energy training form of Jung Shim or Kido (The Way of Ki) www.kienergycenter.com. I was inducted into the World Professional Martial Arts Hall of Fame at New York's Madison Square Garden in 2008. I served over 25 years as the Urban Policy Adviser for five Presidents at the City College of New York. I have a weekly radio program Urbanology the Art of W.A.R.
every Tuesday at 4pm at www.whcr.org I write a weekly Urbanology column for the Harlemcommunitynews.com. My passion is helping people improve the quality of their lives

Monday, August 1, 2016

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

I often
wondered why Friday the 13th was considered a day of misfortune and
bad luck. Whenever I have a question about numbers I seek advice from my good
friend Lloyd Strayhorn. Lloyd Strayhorn is one of the most learned African
American numerologists in the world with several numerology books on Amazon.com.
Lloyd’s first book “Numbers and You” has a chapter about Friday the 13th
plus an understanding of the number 13 from the perspective of a numerologist.

Lloyd
explains how in early Europe people used symbols to communicate. The symbol on
the 13th Tarot Card was labeled Death with a Skeleton and a scythe
in hand. This card was believed to be bad luck. The early European interpretation
of 13 being the number of misfortune continues today most buildings do not have
a 13th floor. Only a few then and now understand that the belief of
misfortune and bad luck connected to the number 13 is not correct.

In Ancient
Kimet the number 13 was a symbol of power. Lloyd writes “the ancients described
13 as a “symbol of power, which if wrongly used, wreaks destruction upon
itself” “He who understands the number 13 will be given power and dominion”.
Until very recently the wisdom and philosophical thought of ancient Kimet were
keep secret from the masses. The political power of religion made the study and/or
practice of the knowledge and Mysticism of ancient Kimet a crime against the
church; ungodly.

It took 359
years for the Catholic Church on November 1, 1992 to admit that Galileo Galilei
was not guilty of heresy for his belief that the earth and all other planets
revolve around the Sun. Pope John Paul II acknowledged in a speech that “the
church would rectify the wrong.” This was a major reason only members of secret
societies had access to ancient Kimet wisdom. Galileo was influenced by
Nicolaus Copernicus who was influenced by Aristarchus of Samos a Greek
astrologer who studied in ancient Kimet centuries earlier during the time of
Alexander.

I made
mention in past articles (www.theartofwarogers.com) how major figures in the
development of the symbolism and philosophy of the new American government,
leaders like Benjamin Franklyn, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington were
members of secret societies they were either Masons or Rosicrucian. While being
slave holders, the founding fathers built the symbolic foundation of the new
government based on the number 13 using the ancient Kimetic wisdom attached to
that number.

On the Unite
States Seal the number 13 is used 13 times. There are 13 stars, 13 strips, 13
arrows, 13 berries and 13 letters in the words on the seal. The Kimet pyramid
on the one dollar bill has 13 blocks; the eagle on the other side is holding 13
arrows the United State started with 13 colonies, there were 13 signers of the
Declaration of Independence and the corner stone of the first White House was
laid on the 13th of October 1792 as part of a Masonic ceremony.

The true
understanding and interpretation of the death figure on the 13th Tarot card
symbolically did not mean a physical death or misfortune but a death to an old
way of life and way of thinking; a change for the better. The founding fathers
understood the symbolic power of the number 13. I hope you look at the number
13 in a different way now; especially those who expressed an anxiety coming to
our Ki wellness Center located at 13 West 122nd Street.

Ancient wisdom also warns of destruction upon
those who misuse the power of the number 13. Some believe that the African
Unconscious is catching up to the American foundation created by the founding
fathers who used the wisdom, mysticism and knowledge of ancient Kemet has a
guide. Now you know what they knew about the number 13.